Martin Michlmayr writes: > * Dave Johnson <djohnson+linuxmips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2005-07-20 10:43]: > > Below are 2 fixes I made to 2.6.12 to do with time jumping around > > as reported by gettimeofday(). One is SB1250 specific and one appears > > generic. > > > > The symptom is revealed by running multile copies (1 per cpu) of a > > simple test program that calls gettimeofday() as fast as possible > > looking for time to go backwards. > > > > When a jump is detected the program outputs a few samples before and > > after each jump: > > Does anyone have comments regarding this patch? In addition to this problem I found significant lost ticks under load as there is no checking for lost ticks. I'll create a clean patch with just that fix in a bit. -- Dave Johnson Starent Networks
